Companies from places like Ireland, France, Italy and Canada aren't headed to the Big Apple to open up flagship businesses, they're opening them up right here in Boston.

"They see the investment," Rosemarie Sansone, president of the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District said. "They see that we're going through a renaissance of sorts, and they want to be a part of it."

The old Filenes will soon be a Roche Bros. with home delivery, and there are plenty of new luxurious places to live.

When you're talking about this kind of change, especially in a city like Boston, there is a delicate balance between the old and the new.

THEY ADVISED RES ENDS TO AVOID KEEPING FOOD IN THEIR CAR AND KEEP THE DOORS LOCK LOCKED. THIS NICE AT 11:00, INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES CHOOSING BOSTON OVER NEW YORK. MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PAS IN THE HEART OF REASON TOWN EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK BUT MORE BOSTON CHANGES THE MORE IT STAYS THE SAME ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE OLD TIME BRS BAND PLAYING. THIS IS THE CITY BECOMING MORE GLOBAL BOY THE DAY. WE HAVE IRE LAN, FRANCE, ITALY. ALL COMPANIES OPENING UP FLAGSHIP BUSINESS IN BOSTON, NOT NEW YORK, HERE. ROSEMARY SAYS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN BOSTON BUSINESS AM PROVEMENT DISTRICT. THEY SEE THE INVESTMENT THEY SEE WE ARE GOING THROUGH A RENAISSANCE OF SOURCE. WE THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. THEY WILL BE A ROACH BROTHER'S SOON WITH HOME DELIVER I AND A NEW SPOT TO LIVE, OH THE LUXURY. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN A TOWN LIKE BOSTON, THERE IS A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW. PERFECT EXAMPLE, A BRAND NEW KITCHEN IN THE UNIT IN THE OLD LOCKOVER BUILDING, BUT HERE, LOOK THAT. THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL. THESE WERE ORIGINAL DINING ROOMS. LOGICAL ME BRING YOU IN HERE. WHY INBECAUSE THIS WAS THE KIDNEY DINING ROOM. MENT KENNEDY ATE HER. THEY ARE KEEPING IT LOOK IT WAS. RIGHT DO IN THE BELL TO RING FOR SERVICE. THIS UNIT, TWO BEDROOM, PRICE TAG ROUGHLY $2 MILLION. IMAGINE THE TOPIARIES PEOPLE CAN TELL. YOU CAN SEE THIS UNT ALONG WITH OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR. THIS BUILDING HAS A POOL ON THE 1TH FLOOR OUTSIDE OF OPEN ALL YEAR. THIS ONE BOSTING INCREDIBLE PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM THE ROOF DECK. THERE ARE SMALLER RENTAL UNITS AS WELL ALL SURROUNDED BY BOSTON'S RICH HISTORY. THE ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? THE SELF-GIDDED WALKING TO IS TOMORROW FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT, HEAD